The red-brick walls of the Moscow Kremlin are older than the United States.

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• Building the brick walls of the Moscow Kremlin1485–1495 · Moscow Kremlin. Italian masters build the fortress that still stands today
• US Declaration of Independence1776 · Philadelphia. Thirteen colonies declare freedom and the rights of man

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